story office tower in midtown, manhattan. and some of our elevators at leasts briefly were out of commission with people onboard. so it's -- not a fun thing especially for the claustrophobic if you're in an elevator going up or down and all of a sudden power schultz down, and that is what has happened in dozens perhaps more new york city buildings as a result of this transformer power. transformer fire i should i am sure you know from your long experience, it's 85 degrees in manhattan right now. still very warm. the power load for the air-conditioners. people act their worst sometimes when they are hot, do they not? >> absolutely right. when you talk about manhattan on

a nice summer afternoon like this and with the temperature the way it is, you have got all sorts of elements out there. you have got good people doing a lot of wonderful things and they are trying to celebrate. but you have unfortunately a criminal element that would try to take advantage of a situation scenario like this. but again without being overly redundant, i can tell you law enforcement in new york specifically, they have contingent plans to handle scenarios and situations like this. i think the fire department primarily is going to be very busy this afternoon. you have got a lot of buildings, some like the building you are in where perhaps the elevators are out. when the elevators are out, they

use their cell phones to communicate with the fire department and that helps. it also helps that 1977 is not 2019 where a lot of individuals have cell phones, and they have cameras throughout manhattan. if there is a criminal element that believes they can take advantage of this scenario and situation, you may find them on candid camera next week after this thing has been put to rest. jon: just about everybody carries a flashlight in their pockets the way cell phones work. ted williams, thanks very much for sharing your expertise. almost 38,000 people without power right now in new york city. it's 8 in the evening here and

still 85 degrees. it was a very hot and muggy day in the city, not a lot of breeze. there is a lot of residual heat baked into the asphalt, sidewalks and buildings of manhattan. we are told, at least according to the fire department deputy commissioner's office that there have been numerous calls from people stuck in the city's subway lines. 40th to 60th street in mid-town manhattan includes the broadway theaters and the curtain should be rising in those theaters right now as we reach the 8:00 hour. whether they have been able to actually, sitting in a dark

theater with a lot of people and no significant light won't be a fun thing if they don't have backup generators. let's bring in jacqui heinrich. she has more information about what's going on in this mini blackout of 2019. reporter: a partial blackout is what they are calling it. that has impacted the area of mid-town manhattan up to the upper westside. there are reports from folks up to 80th street that they have been evacuated from buildings and movie theaters. taking a lift down 6th avenue you can see the storefront signs are dark at this hour. a rare sight to see.

so many of these buildings including ours, have generators. but that power goes to the most of critical places and that would not be street signs. the fire department working hard to rescue folks who might be stuck in elevators. even our own building which is more than 40 floors. we have a message alerting folks stuck on the upper floors to remain calm, call a number, and they are working to get folks out. the fire department says they are responding to hundreds of rescues on the westside as folks reported the air traffic in elevators. traffic lights are down across the city. you see on your screen, nypd officers setting up barriers trying to control traffic as best as possible with the streetlight dark, i am told officers are manually directing

traffic at some major intersections. and they are trying to do the best they can to manage this. no official cause right now as far as what caused that transformer fire on 54th street and west end avenue. we are seeing from the metro transit authority that there is limited subway service from brooklyn, queens and the bronx. several subway stations are being bypassed because there are so many trains without service and stations without service. a dark and hot subway tunnel is not where you want to be on an 85-degree day in manhattan. a lot of folks working to get:people out of those situations. not seeing reports so far of injuries associated with this. it's very early to make any

conclusions on that. con-ed at the moment is not responding to phone calls. but they did tweet earlier that they are working diligently to restore power. hopefully this comes back online sooner than the black out 40 years ago. jon: that went on for i think almost half a day. jacqui heinrich, thank you. we'll let you get back to work on the phones. we have a former nypd sister who worked blackouts in this city before. what is the police department doing right now? >> there was a big difference between years ago and now. years ago it was chaotic, the lights were out. you only had a few police officers doing the traffic. even now they don't have enough police officers for the traffic. since everybody has cell phones

and everybody is in tuned. is there a threat to anybody? i don't think so. it's a fire on 59th street, one of the transformers. i think people are starting to understand what the situation is. but you have to take care of the elderly people, the guys on the trains, the people on the elevators. everything that could happen to the buildings in the projects. make sure everybody gets medical attention as soon as possible. everybody has to call. when everybody is calling at the same time it's not easy to communicate with anybody. everybody in new york has to work together which is a big thing in new york city. when they have a crisis like this which is a crisis up to a point. people help other people under

these conditions. so it's really not the end of the world as i say it. as far as the people that are in the streets and stuck on trains, elevators may be you a different situation. but i think they will get this resolved pretty soon hopefully. years ago there was looting and all kinds of stuff. i doubt if any of that will happen. maybe small places here and there. but i don't think that situation will happen in new york. on the other hand, you walk in manhattan, these be restaurants, you don't have power and everything else. now you can take it or stay in manhattan. we'll do a lot of different things and act a little different than if there was some danger. i would say i think this is going to work out. jon: we are getting a report from griff jenkins that one of the popular restaurants in

manhattan del friscos had to shut down. the restaurant is packed as it usually is on a saturday night. with no power they can't close out a lot of the restaurant's patron's tabs because they can't run the credit card machines. so people inside are becoming a bit alarmed at del frisco's restaurant in mid-town manhattan. the image you see on the screen is a bit misleading. you are looking at the avenue of the americas in the middle of mid-town. it looks peaceful and calm. but that's because the entire avenue was closed down for a street fair a festival. the whole street was lined with food boots and purveyors and so forth. those blue barricades are so the

pedestrians won't stumble out into the cross-town streets every block without looking. 6th avenue was closed. you can see the street sweepers going to work to clean up the debris left after one of these festivals. that's why you are not seeing a lot of traffic on 6th avenue. but if we can get our times square camera up on 7th avenue and broadway just a block away, i think you will see traffic mayhem. unfortunately we cannot bring you that image because our times square camera is down. go figure. there is going to be an awful lot of mayhem, shall we say, in manhattan right now as a result of this power outage that hit close to 40,000 customers.

the result we are told of a fire in a trance former in midtown manhattan. the curtain should be up in the broadway theaters. thousands of people should be enjoying their saturday night shows. whether they are able to do that with no power, that's have much an open question. so once again, restaurants and other places where people are gathering on a warm evening in new york city, a lot of people are having to deal with darkness, closed up in elevators, or perhaps in office towers where they don't have lights. it's not the end of the world, but it's going to be i frightening situation for some people, especially those underground on the subway trains. jacqui heinrich is with us. she is working the phones and the twitter feed. jackie, bring us up to date. >> it's up to 42,000 customers

without power. that's the latest update from connecticut ed. rp -- from con-ed. it increased by another 20,000 roughly. and at this moment, five subway lines are down. you can see a least first responders on the streets in mid-town manhattan where the big concern right now is rescuing folks who might be trapped in elevators or in subway cars. the city council speaker tweeting subways acfd and m are not running at this time. several stations are being bypassed. a couple of lines are running local in is part of the city that still does have power. but a good section of it mid-town manhattan up to the

westside, completely in the dark. and large buildings issuing evacuations. we sent one out of our own in mid-town to our building on 6th avenue and 48th street alerting our employees on the upper floors that people were on their way to help them out. luckily we do run on generators, so that energy goes to the crucial areas and oftentimes it's not the elevators. we are working to figure out from con-ed what the cause of this was. the latest update is it's a transformer fire on west end avenue and 57th street. they did not update what they thought might have caused that fire, just as you mentioned, 40 plus years to the day of that new york city blackout that lasted for the better part of a

day, john. a lot of chaos and looting. at this point people are managing and a lot of first responders to keep people calm as they rescue folks who might be stuck in an uncomfortable position. jon: we are told that some of the subway trains in the city of new york are stuck on the track. when that happens, it's not a comfortable feeling. you are generally in the dark in a center quickly heating up subway car. the subway trains are air-conditioned in new york city. but when the train can't get power, there is no air-conditioning. if it's stuck on the track in between stations you have to sit there and endure it and it's not a comfortable thing. at one of the successway stations at -- one of the subway stations in the rockefeller

center area there was a report of smoke in an elevator. perhaps that's why the fire department is making its run up and down 6th avenue. you know they will be getting calls from people stuck in elevators and basements where they do not have lights and do not have air-conditioning. 85 degrees at 16 after 8:00. it was a warm and humid day. new york city councilmember joe borelli is with us. councilman what can you tell us? >> there is a lot of conflicting reports. there is reports that it watch a west end substation or a substation on 49th street. but regardless of that, several neighborhoods are affected. the a, c, f, d, and m lines are

all out. they are are significant subway lines. had this been a thursday night, this might have bench worse a situation. but the good news is we have a robust office of emergency management and they will start making the call as far as con-ed thinks they can get pour ow going soon or not. and you will see members of the fdny and other first responders starting to evacuate the train cars. jon: we are just getting this from the city fire department saying this. resources are being reallocated to the westside of manhattan. and it says please be patient,

call 911 only if you have a true emergency. the fire department is getting inundated with call, and for very good reason. it may not be an absolute emergency. but if you are stuck in an elevator and your building has no power, that could be a frightening thing. >> the first instinct is to caught alarm box. most of building in mid-town have a fire suppressant officer on duty in just about every building 24/7. you know the team that's down there in that lobby waiting for any type of response that need to happen. people are going to have to sit tight if they are in an elevator and are not a direct emergency. the fire department will be sending additional resources. there are 200-something fire

companies in new york city on duty at any given time. jon: the port authority is announcing the bus terminal in mid-town manhattan which handles the transportation need of thousands of people on a daily basis is up and running, at least the bus service is up and running. but we are toll the elevators and escalators are not working. that's a building where you often have to go up many, many flights on an escalator to get to your bus. that will hamper the transportation needs of this city. times square is in large part dark. some of the famous billboard are illuminated and flashing. but a lot of times square which is usually lit up like a

christmas tree and then some at this time of the evening is looking pretty dark. again we have a shot downth avenue looking at some of the buildings that are at 48th treat and 6th avenue. some of the buildings that are not lit up. councilman, obviously we do not have enough police officers to put one in every intersection. it appears there is one in the shot we are look at directing traffic. but what do you tell people to do, tell them to stay off the streets in a situation like this? >> the nypd is quite large. you will see a tremendously large presence in these areas.

as far as the bus service for the port authority. you will see the mca bus service trying to account for some of the loss of subways. a lot of this will be determined how long con-ed, the power company, says it will take to turn the power back on. if it's the matter of an hour, or if it's a bigger problem they will go into a more robust response. jon: where the numbers continue to increase, con-ed the power company that supplies power to manhattan and much of the rest of new york city is saying we are working to restore power to 42,000 customers.

previously the number was in the 20s. that does not mean individual. one building might be a customer. so this is a significant power outage plaguing new york city at this moment. con-ed goes on to say this is taking place primarily on the west side of manhattan and they will continue to provide updates. this on the 42nd anniversary of the great power blackout of 1977 that hit july 13 of that year. greg eaton is a fox news employee who happened not movie theaters when the power outage struck. >> it was a little weird. we were at an amc theater near lincoln square on the westside. and the movie hadn't started yet. everything went back.

a.c. went off. everything shut down and it's dark. we are on the lower theater which is actually underground. and it was strange. i knew -- within a few seconds the emergency lights kicked on, so no one was really panicked but you could tell this was going to be a major deal. the staff eventually evacuated the theater. once we got out on broadway, still delight outside, but with the just so many people that have cleared out from not only the theater, but from all the restaurants, the buildings all around. you knew this was something special. jon: we are look, greg, at video of a gap store on 6th avenue. they are closing down. they don't have power. they are going to shut the thing

down. it looked like they might be trying to pull down the roll-down barricades that's manhattan buildings feature. but that probably is not going to happen without electricity. >> a lot of the restaurants of course my wife and i once we left the theater, of course we weren't going to depend on the subway. we live on the upper west. we had 30 blocks to go north and decide we would just walk them. we got as information as 79th where we did start seeing some lights. the first of course were the traffic lights. they are on. from our experience what we saw was 79th north had power. and in fact we live on the upper westside around the 6th. and -- around 96th and we do have power, thank goodness. in the restaurants, people

sitting at the tables waiting only a dinner that was in the process of cooking. this thing will have some interesting effects from people -- for example, we never saw them so they couldn't give us a refund. they said bring your ticket back and let us know you were there during the power outage. no refund or tickets for a later date. i can imagine the same thing in restaurants. none of the cash registers are working. the stoves aren't working. and so it will have an interesting effect on all of us. jon: we had a report from tour griff jenkins who was at del frisco's steakhouse. he described a scene of almost and moan yum.

he says the place went dark. the waiters couldn't close out tabs. some customers were trying to leave and they couldn't ring up tabs. you can imagine if that same scene is repeated at the hundreds and hundreds of restaurants. you are looking at one of the subway stations on 66th street where things are way darker than they ought to be. the subway cars are lit up, apparently there is power on the traction. the 1, 2, and 3 trains are running on local tracks. but other service lines, those trains are not running, at least not running regularly. if you are not from new york city or haven't been from manhattan, some of what we are speaking sounds greek to you. but this is the nation's biggest

metropolitan area and it's suffering a bit of a crisis as a major power outage hit the westside of basically mid-town manhattan. new york sometimes mayor bill deblasio tweets new york city emergency management is working with nypd, the fire department and other agencies to respond to the power outages due to a manhole fire earlier this evening. disruption is significant. we'll have further updates soon. please follow notifynewyorkcity. >> they are urging people to only dial 911 if it's a true emergency. they want to make sure that they

absolutely respond to any emergencies, but they want to make sure the calls they are getting -- the calls they are getting are only that. emergencies. you are looking at some of the traffic in new york city where they are trying to negotiate the intersections in this very crowded city without the benefit of traffic lights, and it's not a good situation. you see an ambulance trying to make its way up fifth avenue. greg is with us from the fox news digital desk. how do the folks on the street seem to be taking it. you said you and your wife walked roughly three miles to get home from a movie date that didn't happen. how are the folks in new york city take it? >> relatively calm. everybody on their cell phones. and, you know, calling whoever.

it was -- i can imagine if this was at 10:00, 11:00 at night in such a crowded part of the city where we were, lib con center, of course, and the buildings that on a normal thousand, 3,000 people live there, a block, three times that. so fortunately the subject was still relatively out. everybody calm, and somewhat jovial again. it was interesting as we were walking north, the restaurants that have outdoor seating and so many of them do. people were just sitting there and waiting to see what might happen next. we were there for a 7:00 show. had gotten there underground at this amc lincoln square center,

and two floors underground technically. and it went black. of course, everybody there, you know, once that happened of course people were turning on their cell phones lights to see where they were. and then within minutes the after came down and said this happened not on there but a several-block radius. people didn't know what was going on. we decided to go ahead and get out. my wife and i. escalators were down. so we walked up, got out on the street and at that point the theater was being evacuated. all systems were down, no refund. instead of hailing a cab. uber is lit up. you couldn't get anywhere. so we decided to walk, no big deal as new yorkers tend to do. we made it to 79th street

where we noticed the subways were running. amc on the westside of manhattan and crossing over to jfk and brooklyn queens. those lines along with 1, 2 and 3 are heavily trafficked subways. it's the fastest way to get around new york city. when we got on the train at 79 this was packed it was local and we made it up to 96th with no problem. i was unsure whether it was going to be working but we made it. jon: good. greg headen is on our international desk. it looked odd. this is that aerial view of times square looking toward the

bow tie where 7th avenue and broadway cross. that's where the famous times square ball normally drops from on new year's eve. some of the display screens are work on the left. times square normally known for its fantastical luminescence is dark. a big power outage has hit new york city, nearly 50,000 customers without power as a result after transformer fire underground in a manhole. we'll check in with patrick broslin, a former new york city police detective. where are you and are you seeing the results of this significant blackout? >> i'm in new york on the upper

eastside. we happened to have been on fordham road in bronx county in july 13, with '77 when i saw how people could misbehave. jon: the big blackout 42 years ago that happened on this same night. >> amaze can. oo -- amazing. the coincidence is bizarre. but this is a different city today. the city of july 13, 1977 and 2019 are as different as mars and pluto. that was the son of sam time when things got out of hand. i don't see that anymore. it's unusual. but on the light side i have been waiting for those 20 years

for the lights to go out and i got hit with the check. it's very, very interesting. that's just getting around. when the credit card gets put up. jon: there will be a full-time million dollar economic impact from this blackout because thousands of businesses are without power. and a lot of those are restaurants in new york city can charge a pretty big tab on a saturday night. a big power outage has hit the westside of midtown manhattan. over 40,000 people without power. talk about how the police department will respond, patrick. they have got some of the basics they have to do to keep traffic under control. but what will the new york city

police department do? >> you will see a sunnified response -- you will see a unified response. >> under the leadership of o'neill, this is a day at the beach for them. they can handle it any day, any time. it will be unbelievable. jon: there is no better police department in my humble opinion than that in the city of new york. we know they will handle this

very, very well. so patrick, thanks very much. look at a very dark times square. that almost never happened. some of the video billboard are illuminated on the left of the screen. but most of of times square is dark as a result of this power outage as the result of an underground fire in a manhole that carries the electrical cables on a very hot day. it left 50,000 customer without power. a customer isn't necessarily one human being. a customer could be an entire building. this is a significant event in new york city. it's on the 42nd anniversary of the great plaqueout of 197 -- blackout of 1977. two big stories year covering. the new york city power outage

as well as the arrival of tropical storm barry it's coming ashore now as a tropical storm. it's expected to drenchal alabama, mississippi and beyond with an unthinkable amount of rain. that's also a story we are continuing to watch. our jacqui heinrich is with us and has more on what's going on in midtown manhattan. reporter: the fire department is reporting that there are no patients at the scene of the fire. we are getting a better grip and how widespread this outage is. the fire department is tweeting the loss of power is from 5th avenue to the hudson river and 42,000 customers, one building could be considered a customer. that doesn't even begin to

illustrate how many individual people impacted by this. the subway is giving instructions to folks trying to figure out how to get around. they tweeted we encourage everyone to avoid below ground subway stations. we'll continue to provide updates when we have more information. and they encourage people to use the local bus service in manhattan. just getting information that long island railroad is operating on or close to on station out of penn station which is remarkable considering that's in the middle of this blackout area. on the flip side, it's not all bad. we are seeing reports on twitter from folks who were cast out of their broadway shows this saturday night. the cast of several shows performing, the remaining part

of their show in the streets. the waitress putting on a show for folks in the street always well as a carnegie hall concert that was moved right to the street. hashtag blackout trending and twitter. i think people are just trying to get a grip of on how quickly the power might be restored. waiting on con-ed to give us an update on when they think that might happen. but no reports of injuries. the fire department is working to locate people who might be trapped in upper floors and elevators. major subway lines, a, c, f, d and m are not running.

that would a been an entirely different picture on a weekday afternoon. but right now it doesn't seem to be impacting as many people on a saturday night. jon: this blackout hit just before the clock struck 8:00 that's the time when the curtains usually rise on broadway. i speculated a lot of those broadway theaters might have to close. and we are getting confirmation of that. hamilton is the hot ticket in town. they tweeted due to the blackout tonight's perform answer has been canceled. they say anyone who purchased tickets tonight will receive a refund. but' obviously that will disappointed all the people who had tickets. if somebody came in from out of town and wants to go back to hamilton another night, that will be difficult to pull off. the long island railroad, part

of mta system in new york says it's currently operating on or close to schedule in or out of penn station. they say they will provide updates should there be any impact to service resulting from the new york city power outage. corey johnson, the speaker of the new york city council is also with us on the phone. speaker johnson what can you tell us about the situation from your point of view? >> i am told this started on west 49th street between 11th and 12th avenue. it's on the far side of manhattan close to the hudson river. con-ed is describing it as a quote major disturbance. they mobilized full emergency response. they have crews on the scene and

mobilized an emergency response center. always was just reported by the folks that you were just speaking to, there are five subway lines for people who have been to new york city, the subway is super important to keep the subway running. the a, c, d, and m are not work. but the 1, 2, and 3 are running locally. that's good news for those subway lines. the hospital on west 59th street and fifth avenue, they lost power. they are operating on a back-up generator. but they do not have air-conditioning. i'm told power went out at the station but was immediately restoird. that's the latest information

that i have. jon: one of the biggest questions is what's going on under ground. we know some trains were stuck. do you know if they have those back up and running again? >> the five lines i mentioned, i'm told they are not running currently and they won't run until they restore the power to the swath of manhattan from the lower west 40s to the west 70s. but one of the concerns i heard from thing mta is when the outage happened there were individual successway stations that lost power. so they held trains in the station because they did not want people to get stuck in subway tunnels if anything else happened. and i am told they were check the elevators. some subway stations have

elevators. jon: we are look at times square it looks like some of those electronic billboards have come back on. but obviously this is not over yet. again 48,000 customers without power here in manhattan. primarily in midtown. that's going to be a significant economic impact on a saturday night in this busy city. >> absolutely. this is a bizy time of year for

tourism. it was a beautiful day today in new york city. and you just mentioned bferred i came on that this affects the broadway theater community. broadway is one of the largest moneymakers for the city much new york, and the number -- the city of new york. there are restaurants and bars located in the times care neighborhood, vibrant, active, dense busy neighborhood with lots of businesses. it could have an economic concern which is why hopefully con-ed can figure out what happened and get the power on right away. but i haven't been given any information yet indicating to be a timeline of when they think this will be resolved. tight was a hot day in new york city.

a lot of people calling on their kair air-conditioning. i suppose a lot of the midtown office teurs turn their air-conditioning off on weekend. maybe the power load wants as bad as it would have bent middle of the week. it raises questions about infrastructure in this city and whether things need to be updated. >> we won't be able to fully do a forensic analysis on this and figure out what it was that caused this. but this is scary and disturbing for new york city and people who live in this neighborhood. and it'ser. >> eerie that it's happening on the same day as the 1977 blackout. jon: the good news for those of you who don't live here, new

york, especially manhattan, is a walking city. you can walk around from place to place pretty efficiently. sometimes more efficiently than taking a taxi. i believe this is the corner of 6th avenue and 48th street, 47th street. a police officer directing traffic. 6th after through was shut down today for a street fair, a street festival. that's why the barricade are up and you don't see traffic on that main artery that bisects manhattan north to south. we are told the power out and started at fifth avenue which is a block to the east. but then you see down, looking up sixth avenue toward central park, not many vehicles there, and most of of those on the road are emergency vehicles. the traffic lights continue to remain dark. some of the office buildings have lights. whether those are the result of

the emergency power generation we do not know. but this is a huge power outage that has hit a significant part of new york city and perhaps on the worst night of the week for that kind of thing as councilman corey john on was saying. this is a big night for broadway and all the attendant businesses that support it. that's millions and millions of dollars of economic business that is going to be going down the drain. all because of what the mayor says was a fire in a manhole that obviously carried power cables and short things out. there is a gap or not far from our offices in central midtown manhattan, and that has closed. just another example of the kind of commerce that cannot be conducted as a result of this power outage. so a power outage in new york

city. we also have a tropical storm swamping new orleans, the middle of the gulf coast, louisiana, alabama and mississippi will be affected by the arrival of hurricane barry. millions of people there will be suffering because of too much water. 20-24 inches of rain expected to hit that part of the country. when you swing back up to the northeast we have our own issue here. with tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people affected by this new york city power outage that's under way right now. it's been under way for about an hour as best as we could tell. when we were doing "the fox report" the lights in our studio shut down a couple times then flickered back on. that was probably the result of our emergency generators.

that's probably the time when this started when a power surge or some issue of that kind caused a fire in an underground power station manhole and a dark new york city is the result. so far things seem to be going well on 42nd treat and 5th avenue. this comes exactly 42 years to the day after one of the worst events new york city has seen in recent sames, a blackout of '77 which resulted in hundreds of stores being looted, arson fires set across this city and a number of criminal problems. you heard our gil alba say this is a different think than the

new york city of 1977. people are generally better behaved and police are able to respond to problems. you can see folks going on with their business. i want to thank corey johnson, the city councilmember who was on the phone with us and provided us some good information. adam klotz is our meteorologist, he expected to spend most of of his day focused on the tropical storm. but now we have our own perhaps weather-related problem here in new york city. adam: it's been hot in the building all day long. maybe the air condition has struggled to keep up with it. we are feeling air across the east coast. you see the 90s in the middle part of the country.

currently 82 degrees. we are talking about rolling on 9:00 p.m. it's still very warm out here. it's warm across the each coast. if you are looking at a lot of spots coming you have on 9:00 p.m. this is the heat index when you add the humidity, you mix that combined with the actual temperature. that's what it feels like when you step outside. areas across the east coast and farther south. it still feels like 83 degrees in new york city. that's going to put a lot of stress on anybody trying to stay cool. of the there is just a big bubble around new york city and new jersey where we continue to hover. 83 degrees in new york city. the story at least on the east coast is it's hot, humidity and the humidity numbers have been hanging around. that adds stress to the system

it's completely clear and dry on the east coast. the only big weather maker has been the storm onset me up with. 9:00 right now, i don't expect the temperatures to drop a lot in the next couple hours. eventually we'll fall into the 70s overnight. it's been pap warm one. i wanted to mention -- it's been a warm one. i was looking at uber ride. i typically ride from midtown downtown and it can cost $20 to $25. it's up over $100. jon: that's congestion pricing. a breeze would be nice. any possibility of that in the forecast? adam: it's so calm. the big storm is such a focus

and it's most of of way looked like throughout the day. but we are not expecting a breeze or rain or storm to move in today or even early tomorrow. jon: adam klotz in our fox weather center. jon: tropical storm barry is pounding the gulf coast with rain. now you can see some of what's going on in midtown manhattan as this city tries to deal with a major power outage. it's tough to tell from that shot of the empire state building and some of the other. >> i congressic structures in

manhattan. much of midtown manhattan is dark now. the play hamilton had to close. restaurants have to send customers out into the streets without paying their tab because of a transformer fire in an underground power cable tunnel somewhere in midtown manhattan. the fire department and the police are begging people to only dial 911 if they have real emergencies because the emergency response system is swamped with folks trying to call in and complain about their particular situation. subway lines had to stop, the a, c, f, d and m not running at present. but the buses are running in and out of the port authority bus terminal as is the long island railroad. we'll continue our coverage of the blackout of 2019, 42 years

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